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Lewis called Illingworth "one of Harvard's great servants."
"Dean Illingworth understands Harvard students very well, and has particular expertise in the areas of musical performance and spiritual life," Lewis wrote. "But he has overseen a complex operation, mostly driven by student initiative, with a consistently supportive and fair hand."
Lewis added that Illingworth has "grappled sensitively" with difficult dilemmas like balancing students' right to protest—such as during the April 2001 takeover of Mass. Hall by the Progressive Student Labor Movement—with "preserving the rights of resident students to study and sleep in peace."
This past year he drew criticism from some students for his handling of the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship's constitutional requirement that its leaders profess faithfulness to certain Christian doctrines. Ultimately, the Committee on College Life, which includes both Lewis and Illingworth, decided to allow the provision to stand.
Dean of Undergraduate Education Benedict H. Gross '71, who will be taking over the combined roles of his current post and that of Lewis this summer, said he had known "for some time" that Illingworth was considering leaving, and that he respects the decision.